This is a MUST READ article!
If you voted for a Democrat, this is the absolute double speak, hypocritical garbage they produce.
Here are just three items I want to comment on after skimming this review:
1. Task Force recommended shortening TIFs from 23 years to 10-15 years. Meanwhile. Democrats and Republicans MANY times voted to lengthen TIFs to 35 years when I was a state rep. I always voted against this.
2. Task Force recommends more state spending on schools to replace property taxes. Truth - we already increased state spending on just general state aid by over $ 2 billion (350m +700m+1,050m) in last three years over the FY2017 base per Evidence based funding model and few if any school has lowered their levy.
3. The task force suggests that other counties receive the same homeowner exemption that Cook County gets. The bill to raise exemptions to Cook County's level in 2017 did not become law. Instead in the budget bill Cook County homeowner exemption ONLY was raised. Cook homeowners get a $10,000 exemption while the rest of us get $6,000.
They had many opportunities to fix all of this and actually voted the opposite way.
They are liars on these proposals.
How much longer are you going to take this??





















